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“What is democracy? It is the majority voting for ideas that are selfish and
egotistical ... a new product turns out to be garbage, a pressure group
downright crazy, a leader psychotic, but everyone loves them!” Dr Stockmann
(Nick Fletcher) is addressing a civic meeting which we are suddenly
attending; his alarmed wife and children sit on the aisle steps and the
mayor’s hostile stooges pop up in the circle. This is the Young Vic at its
most vigorously upfront, with David Harrower’s version of Henrik Ibsen’s
angry play (usually translated as An Enemy of the People). This was
his